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Dan Kilmer is a former Marine sniper in his early thirties. He returned home from military service in the Middle East and gave college a try, but his combat experiences prevented him from fitting into campus life. In a South Florida boatyard, his uncle was attempting to refurbish an old cargo schooner, and Dan left college to help him finish the flagging project. After two years of work but before the sixty-foot boat was relaunched, his uncle fell from a scaffold and died. While still in his twenties, Dan inherited the schooner Rebel Yell. Soon after, he left the United States to embark on a series of voyages, mostly in pursuit of beautiful women and good times. While he was away from America, new federal taxes were imposed on luxury property, including privately owned yachts. Dan cannot pay these or other new taxes, so he can t return to the States without risking confiscation of his schooner. Instead he must always fly under official radar and earn a living by his wits while staying one step ahead of the IRS and other government agencies. He must navigate the reefs of government control while always searching for a way to make money without the permission of the local authorities. This usually requires some type of shady dealing, subterfuge, and stealing from thieves as Dan moves from port to port. A shifting cast of crew members inhabits Rebel Yell, but the novel is about Dan Kilmer and his quest to live as a free man in an increasingly unfree world. In Castigo Cay, Dan must sneak back into South Florida under the radar to conduct a short-fuse rescue mission.
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Matthew J. Bracken was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1957, and graduated from the University of Virginia and UDT/SEAL Training in 1979. Besides writing novels, he has also built a steel sailboat and has made several major ocean voyages. He lives in Florida with his wife and two teenage children. Matt is the author of the Enemies Foreign And Domestic trilogy. A hundred pages of each novel may be read on his website at EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Steelcutter Publishing; First Edition (May 30, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0972831045
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0972831048
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
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Matthew J. Bracken was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1957, and graduated from the University of Virginia and UDT/SEAL Training in 1979. Besides writing five full-length novels and many short stories and essays, he has also built a steel sailboat of his own design and has made several major ocean voyages on it. About a hundred pages of each novel may be read on his website at www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com.

Matt has also published The Bracken Collection, including his short stories Professor Raoul X; What I Saw at the Coup; Alas, Brave New Babylon; The Alienork Way and Wolfophobia on Dog Island. The collection also includes: The Civil War 2 Cube; Night Fighting 101; When the Music Stops- How America's Cities May Explode in Violence; Trapping Feral Pigs and Other Parables of Modern Life; Dear Mr. Security Agent; Covington Gives a Glimpse of Civil War 2; and 24 more essays and short stories.

A free audio version of Alas, Brave New Babylon may be found on the media page of Matt's website. The running time is one hour.

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Parrothead Jeff
5.0 out of 5 stars Castigo Cay - Engaging read
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2012
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I thoroughly enjoyed Castigo Cay. I can't pin down the exact reason I couldn't seem to put this book down, but I can pick out some of the highlights.
Matt's been around sailboats and that comes through in so many of the passages set on Dan Kilmer's 20 meter yacht. Sailing is great, but it's still quite a bit of work. For example, without a shipyard you're probably going to end up careening your vessel on a beach to scrape the barnacles from the hull just like the pirates in the days of square rigged ships and like Dan had to do at the beginning of the book. Sure, you can travel with only the power of the wind for long periods of time, but you're gong to have to run the engine from time to time and that fuel is going to cost money just like the paint and other maintenance on the boat. That came through for me as very realistic.
Another thing I liked were the flaws in the characters. Dan Kilmer may be a former Marine sniper, but he's not some sort of perfect guy who never makes a mistake. He makes quite a few as do many of the other characters through the book. I've read many other suspense thrillers where the hero of the story can do no wrong and comes through in grand fashion in spite of those who are supposed to help him. That's not how this one played out.
What really kept me hooked into the story though was the suspense. I was always wondering just how Dan and his largely ad hoc cohorts were going to get through the various problems. The plot has quite a few twists and they were great. I have a feeling more than a few were setting up for a sequel, but none seemed like they were there solely for that purpose.
Folks, this is a great suspense novel. It's not a Michael Bay movie with constant explosions and it's not a super intelligent Rambo taking on an evil government in the hope of restoring virtue and goodness to a blighted land. It was never supposed to be that. If you're looking for James Bond, look elsewhere. If you're looking for a great story of a guy who's determined to save someone he's sworn to protect even if it takes everything he's got and then some, you'll probably enjoy this book and I highly recommend it!
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Ran
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommened book
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2024
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This book sucks you in and keeps your attention from beginning to end. Would make for a great movie. This book also challenges you to think about a lot of things happening in the world today.
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H. J. Rossi
4.0 out of 5 stars Bracken Creates A Hero That Is Not A Superhero
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2013
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In Matt Bracken's 537-page Castigo Cay, he creates a believable hero in Dan Kilmer, a retired Marine Corps sniper who now sails the Caribbean.

By page 20, the plot is set. Kilmer's beautiful Venezuelan girlfriend Cori Ferratti-Vargas who's real "land of Oz" is Miami, has dumped Dan in favor of the wealthy evil Englishman Richard Prechter who is supposedly going to Miami as his next port of call. Dan is suspicious, and proved correct, as Prechter's yacht leaves going the other way to.... Castigo Cay.

The small group of 4 islands supposedly had been set aside as an environmental project by the private organization known as GORP (Global Ocean Research Partnership), but in reality, was Prechter's future base of operations, and hideaway for his sick sexual escapades. You see this coming..... Cori is to be the next victim.

Bracken, as a navy UDT veteran, knows many things. Navy military terms, knows his explosives and firearms. He also knows the cultural undercurrent of the Caribbean. Along with those subjects, he is totally familiar with sailing yachts and how to sail them. He explains most all of these subjects, and how they fit into the adventure, without talking down to the reader.

Further, the book's hero is not a flawless planner. His early strategic thinking lead him to tactical errors. I won't comment on how many, but there were more than one. This was most realistic.... many of the best laid combat plans fail at the first contact. Logistics were a major problem to overcome. America had suffered a financial collapse resulting in hyper-inflation. As an example, fuel (if you could get it) was in the area of $50.00 a gallon. Because of the time and distances, along with unpredictable weather, a best-laid plan was fraught with potential failure points.

I reserve a 5-star review with one huge criteria.... the reader does not want the book to end. That was not the case here. Bracken did a fine job of logically finishing the adventure. I rate this effort a strong 4.8, and is well worth the read.

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MAT
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2012
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I thought this was an awesome book! I loved the main character, Dan Kilmer. He lives an envious lifestyle by sailing around the Caribbean, Bermuda, S.A. and other cool destinations on his own 60 foot schooner making a living through "unconventional methods". You will find yourself seeing the destinations and places Dan visits and wishing you could experience his level of personal freedom as he sails from port to port. He also has a cool background and blends some really cool "spy" skills into his adventures that make him a really neat character to read about. I found myself repeating more than once, "hey, that is a pretty good idea",about little tricks and things he does in the story. The author also does a great job of blending in some current events that give the book a strange feeling of realism. As you read about the U.S. in the story you will say to yourself that you are sure you have heard something like this on a recent news story, which makes you wonder if you are reading a work of fiction or chronicle of a real event, which I enjoyed a lot. He also has some interesting supporting characters, some that start out in the beginning and some he picks up along the way that I hope stay in future books because they add a lot to the story, especially his tech wizard Kelly.

The book and story move fast and before you know it the book is coming to an end and you find yourself reaching for the next Matt Bracken book, at least I did. I hear the author has another Dan Kilmer novel brewing, I can't wait until it hits the shelves.
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Hunter G.
5.0 out of 5 stars great story
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2023
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Ultra descriptive scenes and thoughts The pace of the story was just right to make it a page turner. Good vs evil theme and the characters were very relatable. Great read!
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Oliver W. Borthwick
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, can’t wait for the movie!
Reviewed in Canada on March 8, 2020
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I really enjoyed this book, a good old fashioned thrill of an adventure novel. I strongly recommend this book... gave me a testosterone boost just from reading.
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karen mallory-davies
5.0 out of 5 stars not free?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2017
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good book but it was supposed to be FREE I heard matt bracken say so on the net
thanks.
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MPorisky
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on November 2, 2017
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Excellent story and an easy read. A great buy.
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Kevin Leeds
4.0 out of 5 stars Decent page turner
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 27, 2018
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A good, satisfying action thriller. It could have been 5 stars with a bit of good, critical editing. Eg, I'm not sure how many times we need reminding of the hero's height, military prowess, success with the opposite sex etc? And the detail re weaponry and ammunition is interesting to start with, but then becomes a bit trainspotter-ish and distracts from the flow.
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Ruth Martin
4.0 out of 5 stars castigo cay a must read novel.
Reviewed in Australia on September 16, 2014
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I really enjoyed this exciting novel. It's full of adventure, intrigue & kidnapping, yet is without the crude language which often is found in this type of story.
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